Overview and Award Outcomes
Overview
Automotive service technicians and mechanics must be able to work on high-voltage electrical systems and advanced vehicle systems. Technicians need to be familiar with other parts and systems specific to these vehicles, such as lithium-ion batteries, electric generators, and camera based autonomous systems. Working on these advanced vehicles requires skills in addition to those needed to work on conventional vehicles.
The job of automotive service technicians and mechanics has evolved from simple mechanical repairs to high-level technology related work. Integrated electronic systems and computers regulate vehicles and their performance on the road. To fix problems with these systems, workers use both computerized shop equipment to work with electronic parts and traditional hand tools.
This certificate is intended for students who are employed in field, or who have completed an AAS or Diploma in Automotive Technology. Students taking this certificate are expected to have extensive existing knowledge of auto mechanics.
Award Outcomes
- Evaluate hybrid technologies
- Interpret electronic service information
- Analyze vehicle telematics systems and determine necessary action
- Interpret wiring diagrams
- Evaluate ADAS operation, and determine necessary actions
- Analyze hybrid batteries
- Perform digital multimeter (DMM) measurements
- Evaluate electric machines